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US sports fans in Arizona got a surprise when their TV coverage of American football’s Super Bowl was interrupted by a pornographic film. Tucson-based KVOA-TV said it was “dismayed and disappointed” after some cable viewers had their match coverage disrupted towards the end of the game. The company said the material was only seen by viewers of one cable network.
“KVOA will investigate what happened and make sure our viewers get answers,” company president Gary Nielsen said.
“When the NBC feed of the Super Bowl was transmitted from KVOA to local cable providers and through over-the-air antennas, there was no pornographic material,” he added. Comcast, the cable company whose viewers saw the material, said it was investigating. Local media outlets reported that they received calls from furious viewers. The clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s trousers, followed by a graphic act between the two.“I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up,” viewer Cora King told the Arizona Daily Star. “Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out.” The interruption happened just after the last touchdown by the Arizona Cardinals, who lost the match to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
You may use your imagination, or at your own risk view the NSFW clip here.
Found by Alan Kahler.
This annoys me for two reasons, that families were exposed to this kind of filthy shameless smut, and that I don’t live anywhere near Tucson.
For once I wish I had Comcast instead of (ironically) COX.
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J/P=?
Welcome to the Sunday, February 1st 2009 news…on Tuesday, February 3rd. This news is practically 48 hours old, and you’re just getting around to posting this now? FAIL
Ed your a spoilsport.Thanks for the clip we all don’t hang out in the porn chat rooms like Mr. Bauer…..Aaaaaaa
#3. Goodbye edbauer…your an idiot. We wont miss you..moran.
I bet it was an employee that was trying to have a wank and accidentally hit the wrong button on the vinegar stroke.
Let’s see: Janet barely shows a nipple and the broadcasting world goes into a tizzie. A new term is invented (wardrobe malfunction). Millions are lost in fines and litigation.
Comcast clearly displays a penis and offers a $5 payoff.
Seems fair.
“The clip showed a woman unzipping a man’s trousers, followed by a graphic act between the two.”
Sorry, did we see the same clip? There was no ‘graphic act,’ the clip shown is R-rated at best. A dude drops trou and flops around.
And the problem is ?
MUST be a topic on either Tech 5 or Cranky Geeks. Don’t think Leo will let it on TWiT, but it is kinda funny (ala the Hiedi fiasco of many moons ago).
#9, Lou,
I watched the game with my 9 y/o daughter and her cousin beside me. I’m sure I would not have to want to explain that to them.
And I don’t think $10 would even start to cover it.
That’s nothing, we had a small station here in Bilbao that had automatic programming on the weekends. Somehow it got screwed up and it was showing 3 hours of XXX porn on a sunday morning instead of cartoons. Finally someone got around to fixing it. I didn’t seem to bother more than a few who I suspect were of the Opus Dei anyways.
#12
That’s because the Opus Dei guys were using it to turn on the little boys they were fondling.
# 11 If I got 10 bucks for watching 30 seconds of porn I’d be a rich man.
As far as your kids seeing the clip. The kids are smarter than you think.
The clip reflected how the Pit fans were feeling at that moment.
Seriously… everybody knows that when a kid sees something they don’t understand they watch their elders for a reaction and respond to THAT.
Was that Meatloaf?
Who refers to the superbowl as a “match”?
Hhmmm, it seems several posters are suggesting I allow my 9 y/o to watch porn because she “understands it”.
And here I always thought there were laws about that kind of thing. Second, I would very much like a say in what my daughter watches.